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Zijin Mining Group Co, China's largest gold producer by output, announced a 54 percent year-on-year slump in net profits in the first half of 2013.
China's gold consumption surges in H1
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank reported net profits of 19.39 billion yuan ($3.14 billion) in the first half of 2013, up 12.76 percent year on year.
Industrial Bank, one of China's second-tier shareholding commercial banks, reaped 21.64 billion yuan ($3.5 billion) in net profits in the first half of 2013.
Mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday announced that its profit for the first half of 2013 stood at $1.72 billion, a 71 percent drop year-on-year.
China's banking sector was the most lucrative industry in the domestic A-share market in the first half of 2013, according to a report.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited earned 138.5 billion yuan ($22.6 billion) net profit in the first half, up 12.4 percent year-on-year, according to interim results filed with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited on Thursday.
Thirteen banks that have released interim results saw slower growth with an increasing number of bad loans.
Bank of China, China's fourth-largest lender, reported first-half net profit of 84.1 billion yuan ($13.74 billion), up 13 percent year-on-year.
Most of China's major listed automakers reported profits in the first half of the year, as the country's automobile market went back to double-digit growth.
Shanghai-listed Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, posted a first-half net loss of 623.8 million yuan ($101.9 million), an 80.82 percent year-on-year decrease.
Insurers benefited from the performance of the nation's equity market, which significantly increased their investment returns in the first half.
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